Patty McCord: Creating a Powerful Culture

My guest today is Patty McCord, former Chief Human Resources Officer at Netflix, author of the unabashedly bold book, “Powerful,” and a rocket ship of a disrupter.

Takeaways from this Episode:

It is easy to think that if we had more time, more money, more expertise, or more buy-in, our problems would dissolve, but what we may really need is more constraints. Constraints provide friction that force us to make decisions, allowing us to climb the learning curve.
If you want to empower people, get out of their way. Give people hard things to do and let them do it! Let them own and be responsible for results and deliverables.